Champion 7FC N7507E
9 February 1985 · Louisville, Kentucky, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 February 1985 at about 20:00 local time, a Champion 7FC registered N7507E was involved in an accident near Louisville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bluelick (KY07)
- Coordinates
- 38.1410, -85.6902
- Aircraft
- Champion 7FC
- Registration
- N7507E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- French Lick → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL85LA094
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE STUDENT PLT DEPARTED FROM A SNOW COVERED RWY & PROCEEDED ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY. WHEN HE RETURNED, THE NOSEWHEEL BROKE THRU THE SNOW CRUSTED SURFACE & COLLAPSED, THEN THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT SAID THERE WERE RUTS ON THE RWY FROM OTHER ACFT WHICH CAUSED HIS PLANE TO SWERVE LEFT. THE NOSE STRUT, PN 3-1055, FAILED ABOVE THE NOSEWHEEL IN THE AREA OF THE OLEO EXTENSION. PART OF THE FRACTURE AREA WAS RUSTED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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